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Funday PawPet Show | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Randy "Yappy" Fox |
Voices of | YappyFox KuddlePup (K.P.) JackRabbit (J.R.) Lilivoop Scott Garron (Simba) Terry Sender Herbie Hammil Blitz |
Opening theme | Soul Bossa Nova (1999-2008) Pawpet Song by 2, The Ranting Gryphon (2008-2017) |
Ending theme | The Muppet Show end theme (episodes 2-51) Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen by Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra (episode 52-756; episode 835-current) Pawpet Song (instrumental) (episode 757-834) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 945 [1] (as of 11 February 2024 [update] ) |
Production | |
Running time | 240 minutes (4 Hours) |
Original release | |
Network | furstre.am |
Release | November 21, 1999 – September 3, 2017 |
Network | tigerdile |
Release | September 9, 2018 – present |
Funday PawPet Show is an Internet-based puppet show created by Randy "Yappy" Fox in November 1999, broadcast on Sunday nights from 18:00 to 22:00 ET from his home in Kissimmee, Florida. [2] Before November 25, 2007 the show aired from 19:00 to 23:00 EST, but this was changed due to an increasing international audience, and until September 20, 2015, was broadcast from 18:00 to 22:00 EST. The show is also performed live at the Megaplex furry convention, held in Kissimmee, Florida, as well as at Anthrocon, [3] held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Funday PawPet Show has sparked a few imitations, such as Fluff & Such Productions, PawPets West, and PawPet North Coast. Other puppetry events, such as Lionel Scritchie's Dormitory at Eurofurence were partially inspired by the Funday PawPet Show. [4]
On September 12, 2017, it was announced on the show's official main page that the show's original run had come to an end and would no longer be airing with new episodes, after almost 18 years of broadcasting and a total run of 756 episodes. The reasons cited were the end of Furstre.am and increasing audio license issues due to the music industry making it too difficult to legally use songs in their show. Video copyright complications also played a role. It was also decided that ending abruptly would be easier for the cast than doing an emotional last show, thus giving it an unexpected end. [5] [6]
On September 2, 2018, the Funday Pawpet Twitter account officially announced the show would be revived with new episodes once again on Sunday September 9, 2018 through different platforms by means of streaming. [7] This was after rumors were confirmed about the series' making a comeback as the series resulted in a year hiatus. Unlike the show's original run however, the revival will not have new episodes on a weekly basis, so it will now run on a semi-weekly or monthly basis. On top of that, licensed content such as copyrighted music will no longer be used in the show due to royalty issues, so they must use entirely fan-created pieces or public domain music. Copyrighted videos will no longer be in the series' run as well.
The Funday PawPet Show had many episodes with unusual or memorable topics. Frequently, themed shows celebrate major holidays such as Christmas, New Year's, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, and Christmas in July.[ citation needed ] On many occasions, the cast went out to various sites to film sequences. Some of the most notable of these shows include trips to conventions such as Fx and MegaCon to interview many of the guest celebrities. The cast did interviews with the actors from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory . In that show, "Mutt" kept getting thrown from one star to the next for asking them "stupid questions".[ citation needed ] Other celebrities interviewed on the show include: Jason Marsden (Max Goof from A Goofy Movie ), Jay North (Dennis the Menace), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett from Star Wars ), and Noel MacNeal (Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House ). [13] The show also had "bumpers" or intros done by various individuals including the a cappella group Toxic Audio.[ citation needed ]
The show had many recurring gags. On the Easter shows, the viewers were challenged to find new and creative ways to destroy chocolate rabbits in "Chocolate Bunny Deaths".[ citation needed ] During the Christmas and Christmas in July shows, the cast took part in white elephant gift exchanges on the air, from which some cast members received things like edible underwear, half of a sub sandwich, and a 5-pound container of lard.[ citation needed ] A Halloween show featured video of purple monsters attempting to scare the Trick or Treaters that appear at the front door of the house where the show is filmed.[ citation needed ]
Portions of this episode were repeated in show # 352 (November 4, 2007) where Mutt explained "Yappy had literally ripped all of the plugs and power out of the wall (except for one in the bedroom) so no matter how techie you were, it looked like the entire show just dropped, there was no server, there was no nothing."
Ezra: "JR and I tipped the stage forward, Rasvar moved the lighting truss and Simba dropped a piece of drywall and a couple other things in front of the stage to make it look like everything was happening. Yappy had every single connection in the house yanked out of the wall, except for one, and that was the one that we had in the kitchen, and we were all huddled around one laptop, watching everyone's reaction when everything went dark."
Ezra continued: "Within about two minutes, every cellphone in this house started ringing, asking us how we were doing."
Poink: "They were pissed for weeks."
Mutt: "But about a month later, that was voted the best show ever." [16]
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